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Rick Perry: Dropped out in September after pursuing the Republican party nomination

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Lincoln Chafee: Dropped out in October after pursuing the Democratic party nomination

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Lindsey Graham: Dropped out in December after pursuing the Republican party nomination​

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The Vermont senator railed against Trump during Wednesday's town hall. He criticized the tycoon for his plan to deport the approximately 11 million immigrants living in the US without permission, as well as his plan to ban many Muslim tourists and immigrants from entering the US.

"It is not only his bigoted remarks against Latinos, suggesting Mexicans coming into this country are rapists or drug dealers. Or his absurd remark that we should not let Muslims into this country," Sanders said.

"Trump in a Republican debate said wages are too high in America. Really? Here's the other one that kind of blows me away: Trump is a scientist, a well-known scientist. And he has concluded, after years of studying the issue, that climate change is a hoax brought to you by the Chinese. Now that shocked me, Anderson, because I thought he'd say the Mexicans or the Muslims."

"We haven't even focused on, I mean here's a guy who's a — they say socialist, but some people say he's a communist," Trump continued. "I shouldn't hit him too hard though, because if I hit him too hard then he'll go down, and it'll be a fight with Hillary, and maybe we want a fight for a while. So I'll say, 'Isn't he a wonderful guy?'"

Later on Wednesday, Trump asserted on Twitter that Sanders doesn't actually want to run against the real-estate magnate.

Sanders says he wants to run against me because he doesn't want to run against me. He would be so easy to beat!